What is Schizophrenia?

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Schizophrenia

Introduction

Schizophrenia is a mental health condition that is the base of several psychological symptoms. There are many people out there who suffer from this disorder and have no idea on how to cure it. Some people tend to spend their whole life with this disorder; whilst others get it treated as soon as they see first sign or symptom of it. Schizophrenia is not a disorder that cannot be treated; with the right kind of treatment, the disorder can be controlled and the individual suffering from it can be cured. The paper will discuss the schizophrenia disorder in detail, causes, risk, signs & symptoms, and treatments of it.

Discussion

Details about the disorder

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has disturbed people all through the history. Individuals who have this disorder might hear voices that people who do not have this disorder might hear. The former assumes that other people are reading their minds, monitoring their views, or conspiring to hurt them (Lehman, Lieberman, Dixon, McGlashan, Miller, Perkins, & Kreyenbuhl, 2004). This can frighten people with the disease and make them reserved or tremendously nervous. People with schizophrenia might not make intellect when they talk. They might be seated for hours without shifting or speaking. Occasionally people with schizophrenia appear effortlessly good until they communicate about what they are actually thinking. Families and society are disturbed by schizophrenia too. Several individuals with schizophrenia have trouble maintaining a job or look after themselves, so they depend on others for aid. Treatment aids ease numerous indications of schizophrenia, but utmost individuals who have the disorder manage with indic...

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